Wide-open betting and a huge field could see turnover go through the roof in what many people feel is the most open Gold Cup for years.

Given the fact that results didn't go the punters way, it is a very good turnover figure as punters weren't able to recycle their winnings like they might do usually.

You have 20 years to write your first record and only six months to do the next one. So people often just completely fold under the pressure. I'm much more proud of our second record than our first, so I'm happy to hear that people are responding to it well. We sort of cheated in that there were almost three years in between both records.

There were about 12 people in the stands the last time these two played. It was at an (Albuquerque) Academy tournament in 2003. There was never a rivalry between us. But this is going to be a lot of fun.

It went well. I have a feeling the students were more interested in having lunch, but a couple of people picked up packets.

I'm not averse to telling people off.